The Death of Decius Mus, Jean Antoine Watteau (rejected attribution), after Peter Paul Rubens, 1705 - 1721

Title(s)

The Death of Decius Mus

Object type

• drawing

Object number

RP-T-1961-12

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark, recto, lower left: Lugt 2112
• collector's mark, recto, lower right, pen and red-brown ink: (Not in Lugt)
• collector's mark, verso, lower right: Lugt 2228

Artist

• draftsman (artist): Jean Antoine Watteau (rejected attribution)
• draftsman (artist): Laurent Hubert (manner of)
• after painting by: Peter Paul Rubens (free after)

Dating

1705 - 1721

Material

• paper
• chalk

Measurements

height 171 mm × width 277 mm

What

• death of Decius Mus: he fights himself to death against superior forces
• battle (+ cavalry, horsemen)

Acquisition

purchase 1961

Copyright

Public domain

• Antoine Watteau 1684-1721, Pierre Rosenberg, cat.nr. R12